Lydia
@elliswkim.bsky.social
Strategist, editor, writer | Tin House, Kenyon | Electric Lit reader
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no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
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It’s Hamza’s bday today! Please consider sending him and his family some funds: bit.ly/help4hamza
August 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
It’s Hamza’s bday today! Please consider sending him and his family some funds: bit.ly/help4hamza
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ICYMI: "The Passing of a Little More Than a Year," flash fiction by @elliswkim.bsky.social:
The Passing of a Little More Than a Year by Lydia Kim
The soccer field was a miracle, an oval of fenced-in grass behind a middle school, where she could train her new small dog, play with it until it trusted her, understood their togetherness. She hop…
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August 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
ICYMI: "The Passing of a Little More Than a Year," flash fiction by @elliswkim.bsky.social:
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The blood of Anas al-Sharif and other slain journalists is on the hands of Western media figures who have justified Israel’s crimes while ignoring, or excusing, the killing and intimidation of Palestinian journalists.
August 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The blood of Anas al-Sharif and other slain journalists is on the hands of Western media figures who have justified Israel’s crimes while ignoring, or excusing, the killing and intimidation of Palestinian journalists.
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"She threw the ball and her dog fetched it. This much they did for each other.
The two of them were not a gang, but they weren't nothing."
"The Passing of a Little More Than a Year" by @elliswkim.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
The two of them were not a gang, but they weren't nothing."
"The Passing of a Little More Than a Year" by @elliswkim.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
The Passing of a Little More Than a Year by Lydia Kim
The soccer field was a miracle, an oval of fenced-in grass behind a middle school, where she could train her new small dog, play with it until it trusted her, understood their togetherness. She hop…
okaydonkeymag.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"She threw the ball and her dog fetched it. This much they did for each other.
The two of them were not a gang, but they weren't nothing."
"The Passing of a Little More Than a Year" by @elliswkim.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
The two of them were not a gang, but they weren't nothing."
"The Passing of a Little More Than a Year" by @elliswkim.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
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but hearing it directly out of the mouths sticks with you the most
"I remember especially this sunny warm day hanging on the fence and looking out and … everybody’s free,” Maya Nagata Aikawa told KCSM-TV. “We could see all the people and their freedom. Home was so close, you see?”
"I remember especially this sunny warm day hanging on the fence and looking out and … everybody’s free,” Maya Nagata Aikawa told KCSM-TV. “We could see all the people and their freedom. Home was so close, you see?”
July 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
but hearing it directly out of the mouths sticks with you the most
"I remember especially this sunny warm day hanging on the fence and looking out and … everybody’s free,” Maya Nagata Aikawa told KCSM-TV. “We could see all the people and their freedom. Home was so close, you see?”
"I remember especially this sunny warm day hanging on the fence and looking out and … everybody’s free,” Maya Nagata Aikawa told KCSM-TV. “We could see all the people and their freedom. Home was so close, you see?”
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Alt text. This is pretty awful, but probably what has to be done to preserve the service at all.
IMLS still has a chance- please make sure to show support.
IMLS still has a chance- please make sure to show support.
July 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Alt text. This is pretty awful, but probably what has to be done to preserve the service at all.
IMLS still has a chance- please make sure to show support.
IMLS still has a chance- please make sure to show support.
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If you find what the NYT continues to publish abhorrent please, PLEASE stop paying them to play Wordle, sudoku & crosswords. The NYT makes a massive chunk of their income from that $4 games & crosswords app. The ONLY substantial power we have when it’s not Election Day is the power of our wallets
I keep pointing to the NYT because they shape so much of the news and policy landscape.
It's not enough not to subscribe you have to do reading and sharing.
When people link you tell them why you don't read them. You need to starve them of their prestige and their social license
It's not enough not to subscribe you have to do reading and sharing.
When people link you tell them why you don't read them. You need to starve them of their prestige and their social license
July 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If you find what the NYT continues to publish abhorrent please, PLEASE stop paying them to play Wordle, sudoku & crosswords. The NYT makes a massive chunk of their income from that $4 games & crosswords app. The ONLY substantial power we have when it’s not Election Day is the power of our wallets
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Some rare good news:
In May, DJ Bracken shared an essay on @huffpost.com Personal about his quest to help vanquish student lunch debt
He was shocked when HuffPost readers donated over $20,000 to his org and many asked him for tips on how to start erasing lunch debt in their own communities
❤️
In May, DJ Bracken shared an essay on @huffpost.com Personal about his quest to help vanquish student lunch debt
He was shocked when HuffPost readers donated over $20,000 to his org and many asked him for tips on how to start erasing lunch debt in their own communities
❤️
I Paid Off A School's Lunch Debt. Then Strangers On The Internet Did Something Truly Stunning.
This is proof that strangers can decide, together, to make things better.
www.huffpost.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Some rare good news:
In May, DJ Bracken shared an essay on @huffpost.com Personal about his quest to help vanquish student lunch debt
He was shocked when HuffPost readers donated over $20,000 to his org and many asked him for tips on how to start erasing lunch debt in their own communities
❤️
In May, DJ Bracken shared an essay on @huffpost.com Personal about his quest to help vanquish student lunch debt
He was shocked when HuffPost readers donated over $20,000 to his org and many asked him for tips on how to start erasing lunch debt in their own communities
❤️
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“Both the Senate and House reconciliation bills provide $45 billion for building new immigration detention centers, including family detention facilities.”
"The overwhelming majority of the funding for ICE detention would go to private companies contracted to build and run detention facilities.”
"The overwhelming majority of the funding for ICE detention would go to private companies contracted to build and run detention facilities.”
Other signatories include TX’s Tony Gonzales and Monica De La Cruz, NY’s Nicole Malliotakis, FL’s Maria Elvira Salazar, and CO’s Gabe Evans.
They can’t absolve their complicity by sending a letter when their MAGA Murder Budget votes will hurt the very people they purport to care about:
They can’t absolve their complicity by sending a letter when their MAGA Murder Budget votes will hurt the very people they purport to care about:
July 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“Both the Senate and House reconciliation bills provide $45 billion for building new immigration detention centers, including family detention facilities.”
"The overwhelming majority of the funding for ICE detention would go to private companies contracted to build and run detention facilities.”
"The overwhelming majority of the funding for ICE detention would go to private companies contracted to build and run detention facilities.”
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Left's strong night, updated:
—Mamdani finishes well ahead.
—All 10 challenged NYC Progressive Caucus members win, or way up. Jumaane Williams, too.
—Left may add councilors (AOC- or WFP-backed newcomers up)
—WFP-endorsed candidates win primaries for Syracuse & Buffalo mayor.
—Mamdani finishes well ahead.
—All 10 challenged NYC Progressive Caucus members win, or way up. Jumaane Williams, too.
—Left may add councilors (AOC- or WFP-backed newcomers up)
—WFP-endorsed candidates win primaries for Syracuse & Buffalo mayor.
June 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Left's strong night, updated:
—Mamdani finishes well ahead.
—All 10 challenged NYC Progressive Caucus members win, or way up. Jumaane Williams, too.
—Left may add councilors (AOC- or WFP-backed newcomers up)
—WFP-endorsed candidates win primaries for Syracuse & Buffalo mayor.
—Mamdani finishes well ahead.
—All 10 challenged NYC Progressive Caucus members win, or way up. Jumaane Williams, too.
—Left may add councilors (AOC- or WFP-backed newcomers up)
—WFP-endorsed candidates win primaries for Syracuse & Buffalo mayor.
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I still don't get why Cuomos nursing home deaths - and the cover up- aren't bigger deals
June 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I still don't get why Cuomos nursing home deaths - and the cover up- aren't bigger deals
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Gavin Newsom vetoed a data broker privacy bill that our legislature passed last year that would have allowed Californians to opt out of all data brokers with a single click.
The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
June 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Gavin Newsom vetoed a data broker privacy bill that our legislature passed last year that would have allowed Californians to opt out of all data brokers with a single click.
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🧵 THREAD: Introducing COYOTE Media Collective
11 Bay Area journalists are launching a worker-owned newsroom because we're tired of corporate control sapping all the joy out of journalism.
Independent Bay Area journalism—with a BITE 🐺 1/4
givebutter.com/coyotemedia
11 Bay Area journalists are launching a worker-owned newsroom because we're tired of corporate control sapping all the joy out of journalism.
Independent Bay Area journalism—with a BITE 🐺 1/4
givebutter.com/coyotemedia
Launch Coyote Media Collective
A new alt-weekly-style publication is hitting the Bay Area
givebutter.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧵 THREAD: Introducing COYOTE Media Collective
11 Bay Area journalists are launching a worker-owned newsroom because we're tired of corporate control sapping all the joy out of journalism.
Independent Bay Area journalism—with a BITE 🐺 1/4
givebutter.com/coyotemedia
11 Bay Area journalists are launching a worker-owned newsroom because we're tired of corporate control sapping all the joy out of journalism.
Independent Bay Area journalism—with a BITE 🐺 1/4
givebutter.com/coyotemedia
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A disquieting story about a woman who runs into a missing person from her childhood at a bar.
You Can’t Come Back If Your Memories Are Missing - Electric Literature
"Accidental Girls" from PATTERNS OF ORBIT by Chloe N Clark, recommended by Juan Martinez
buff.ly
June 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A disquieting story about a woman who runs into a missing person from her childhood at a bar.
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Hi! I'm now offering one-hour writing coaching sessions over Zoom! I've done this with a few people who've taken my classes, and it's been great! Need advice, support, tips, prompts? Hit me up for some writing therapy. Message for more details and pricing. 😘 Info about me below:
May 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hi! I'm now offering one-hour writing coaching sessions over Zoom! I've done this with a few people who've taken my classes, and it's been great! Need advice, support, tips, prompts? Hit me up for some writing therapy. Message for more details and pricing. 😘 Info about me below:
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I’ll be that killjoy. We are not going to get along if you’re quipping about “asking chat”
i dont want to be a killjoy but we desperately need to make it socially unacceptable to talk about asking chatgpt things in regular conversation
May 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I’ll be that killjoy. We are not going to get along if you’re quipping about “asking chat”
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Yall we are matching the next £420 for Mai. Please help. She is not eating.
chuffed.org/project/help...
chuffed.org/project/help...
It's been days since I can't afford lunch because I'm trying to raise the rent for the room I'm renting. I might starve to death, and that might seem more comfortable, but I'm still trying. Help me. Please 🙏🏻
chuffed.org/project/help...
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@mommunism.bsky.social
@shantini.bsky.social
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@mommunism.bsky.social
@shantini.bsky.social
Help Mai and her family leave Gaza before it’s too late
I'm helping my friend Mai raise funds to help her family survive. All of my transactions to her are listed here for accountability: tiny.cc/Mai-Funds.
chuffed.org
May 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yall we are matching the next £420 for Mai. Please help. She is not eating.
chuffed.org/project/help...
chuffed.org/project/help...
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lucky number $88K!! :D #ConnectingGaza
friends you are incredible! we’ve had a big uptick in purchases the past couple days & it’s getting us *so damn close* to our goal!
we’ve got 2 days & change to go; pls keep spreading the word & thank you thank you thank you ❤️
itch.io/b/2965/crips...
we’ve got 2 days & change to go; pls keep spreading the word & thank you thank you thank you ❤️
itch.io/b/2965/crips...
May 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
lucky number $88K!! :D #ConnectingGaza
I have a leetle story in this issue of @phoebejournal.bsky.social, and please read the winning short story by Jumaana Abdu, “Two Burials.” It’s incredible.
TGIF, everyone. 💚
phoebejournal.com/54-2/
TGIF, everyone. 💚
phoebejournal.com/54-2/
54.2 - phoebe
2025 Spring Fiction Contest Winner Two Burials by Jumaana Abdu 2025 Spring Nonfiction Contest Winner Notes on Property by Esther Ra 2025 Spring Poetry Contest Winner Bestiary by Seth Peterson Read com...
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May 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I have a leetle story in this issue of @phoebejournal.bsky.social, and please read the winning short story by Jumaana Abdu, “Two Burials.” It’s incredible.
TGIF, everyone. 💚
phoebejournal.com/54-2/
TGIF, everyone. 💚
phoebejournal.com/54-2/
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For everyone saying this doesn't matter because ICE doesn't follow the law:
1. They want you to think knowing your rights makes no difference when we know for a fact it does. How do we know that? Because Homan himself said people knowing their rights cost then hundreds of arrests in Chicago.
1. They want you to think knowing your rights makes no difference when we know for a fact it does. How do we know that? Because Homan himself said people knowing their rights cost then hundreds of arrests in Chicago.
If you are stopped by Trump's ICE goons, or any other kind of cops:
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.
Memorize it.
And don't let ICE in without a JUDICIAL warrant. No, administrative warrants don't count.
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.
Memorize it.
And don't let ICE in without a JUDICIAL warrant. No, administrative warrants don't count.
May 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
For everyone saying this doesn't matter because ICE doesn't follow the law:
1. They want you to think knowing your rights makes no difference when we know for a fact it does. How do we know that? Because Homan himself said people knowing their rights cost then hundreds of arrests in Chicago.
1. They want you to think knowing your rights makes no difference when we know for a fact it does. How do we know that? Because Homan himself said people knowing their rights cost then hundreds of arrests in Chicago.
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1/2 Just-dismissed Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, has a PhD from U Chicago, is in numerous scholarly societies, has wide acclaim. She is also first African-American to lead LoC.
The dismissal note did not say "Dear Dr. Hayden" or "Dear Madame Librarian" or even "Dear Carla."
The dismissal note did not say "Dear Dr. Hayden" or "Dear Madame Librarian" or even "Dear Carla."
May 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
1/2 Just-dismissed Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, has a PhD from U Chicago, is in numerous scholarly societies, has wide acclaim. She is also first African-American to lead LoC.
The dismissal note did not say "Dear Dr. Hayden" or "Dear Madame Librarian" or even "Dear Carla."
The dismissal note did not say "Dear Dr. Hayden" or "Dear Madame Librarian" or even "Dear Carla."
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Wanna reduce crime?
Open more libraries.
"we find within the nearby proximity of the library; there is a substantial reduction in frequency of burglaries, vandalism, robberies, fraud, and assaults."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Open more libraries.
"we find within the nearby proximity of the library; there is a substantial reduction in frequency of burglaries, vandalism, robberies, fraud, and assaults."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Do public libraries help mitigate crime? Evidence from Kansas City, MO - Journal of Cultural Economics
We examine the relationship between public libraries and local crime rates. Previous studies have looked at different factors that could account for changes in crime, but few have focused on cultural ...
link.springer.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Wanna reduce crime?
Open more libraries.
"we find within the nearby proximity of the library; there is a substantial reduction in frequency of burglaries, vandalism, robberies, fraud, and assaults."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Open more libraries.
"we find within the nearby proximity of the library; there is a substantial reduction in frequency of burglaries, vandalism, robberies, fraud, and assaults."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked…
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May 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social